Geoffrey Claeys
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Geoffrey Claeys (born 5 October 1974) is a Belgian football manager and former player who manages FC Kleit-Maldegem.[1] He is a former Belgian international.
Career
Claeys was born in Bruges, Belgium. He began his career at the Belgian club Cercle Brugge. He left the club in 1996 for Dutch side Feyenoord, then he made an unsuccessful move to Anderlecht and was transferred to Eendracht Aalst on loan. He later played for Lierse and Royal Excelsior Mouscron, before moving to Melbourne Victory in 2005. Although he enjoyed a solid season in the Victory defence, he rarely figured in the 2006–07 season.
On 21 November 2006, Claeys retired from football. In 2007, he returned to play for Torhout 1992 KM, in the Belgian Third Division before retiring soon after.
In 2009, he picked up football again, after his brother asked him to become his teammate at FC Veldegem. Veldegem plays in the provincial leagues of West Flanders.
References
External links
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- ↑ FC Kleit-Maldegem profile, voetbalvlaanderen.be
- Living people
- 1974 births
- Belgian men's footballers
- Footballers from Bruges
- Men's association football central defenders
- Belgium men's international footballers
- A-League Men players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Cercle Brugge K.S.V. players
- Eredivisie players
- Feyenoord players
- Lierse S.K. players
- Melbourne Victory FC players
- Royal Excel Mouscron players
- R.S.C. Anderlecht players
- S.C. Eendracht Aalst players
- Belgian football managers
- K.M.S.K. Deinze managers
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Australia
- Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands